Reasoning about opinion dynamics in social networks
Hansen, Jens Ulrik (2014). Reasoning about opinion dynamics in social networks. Ågotnes, Thomas; Bonanno, Giacomo; van der Hoek, Wiebe (Eds.). Proceedings of the eleventh conference on logic and the foundations of game and decision theory (LOFT 11). The eleventh conference on logic and the foundations of game and decision theory (LOFT 11). Bergen, Norway
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Authors:
Hansen, Jens Ulrik
Editors:
Ågotnes, Thomas
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Bonanno, Giacomo
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van der Hoek, Wiebe
Department:
Theoretical Philosophy
Lund University Information Quality Research Group (LUIQ)
Project:
Knowledge in a Digital World: Trust, Credibility and Relevance on the Web
Research Group:
Lund University Information Quality Research Group (LUIQ)
Abstract:
This paper introduces a logic to reason about a well-known model of opinion dynamics in socialnetworks initially developed by Morris DeGroot as well as Keith Lehrer and Carl Wagner. The proposed logic is an extension of Lukasiewicz' famous fuzzy logic with additional equational expressivity, modal operators, machinery from hybrid logic, and dynamic modalities. The model of opinion dynamics in social networks is simple enough to be easily grasped, but still complex enough to have interesting mathematical properties and applications. Thus, developing a logic to reason about this particular model serves as a paradigmatic example of how logic can be useful in social network analysis.
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